Grinding machine



Sept. 16, 1952 s. s. MADER 2,610,448

GRINDING MACHINE Filed Oct. 26, 1949 4 Sheetg-Sheet 1 lNl/EN TOR STEp anri MADE? BY Mum Sept. 16, 1952 4 s. s. MADER 2,610,443

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Filed Oct. 26, 1949 FE MGE Iv VENTO E 57'EWART5. .MADER flrromvey Sept. 16, 1952 s. s. MADER GRINDING MACHINE Filed Oct. 26, 1949 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 //v VEN 7'01? .STEWAR 7' 5 MA DER Patented Sept. 16, 1952 UNITED; STATES PATENT OFFICE Stewart S. Mader, Worcester, -Mass., assignor to Norton Company, Worcester, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application October 26, 1949, Serial No. 123,640

r 1 The invention relates to grinding machines, and more particularly to a fully automatic grinding machine for grinding a predetermined portion of a cylindrical workpiece.

.One object or the invention is to. provide a simple and thoroughly rinding machine for automatically grinding a predetermined portion on successive work pieces. Another object is to provide a grinding machine for grinding-the end face of an eccentric formed on a cylindrical shaft. Another object isto provide an automatic grinding machine. in which the work pieces to be ground are loaded into a magazine and successively'fed through a central bore of a rotatable work spindle into a work collet. .for a; grinding operation. Another object is to providean automatically actuated work stop for locating a. work piece in a predetermined position relative to the work supporting collet. Anoth r object is to provide a hydraulically operatedloading plunger for transferring successivework pieces from the work vmagazine into a central bore within. the work spindle so as to eject. a ground piece of work and to present a new piece of work to be ground.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cycle timing and control mechanism whereby all functions of the machine arev automatically interlocked and controlled. Another object is to provide a cycle..control-..mechanism including a master camshaft having a plurality of cams for, actuating a plurality of, valves and a limit switch successively. to, control. the actuation of the work loading and; ejecting plunger, the work locating stop, the workcollet andthe wheel feed rnl c 'lan.isitdv so that, successive. work pieces may be automatically ground to a predetermined size. other objects will be in part obvious or in part pointed. outhereinafter. I I

-The invention accordingly consists "in the features of construction; combinations or. elementsgand arrangements ofparts, as will be exemplified in thestructure to be hereinafter described; and the "scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims. @ne embodiment of the invention has been illustrated in the drawings, in which:

' Fig. 1 is a plan view of the improved grinding mach-l ne;

"Fig. 2 is a combined sectional view' through the work spindle and associated parts, and a hydraulic diagram;

is a vertical sectional view, on an enlfarged: scale; taken approximately an the lineand otl lig. I, through the wheel feedingmech- Ell -SHE,

practical automatic 2 Claims. (Cl.51)

Fig. 4 is a'fragm'entary detailed viewyon an enlarged-scale, of'- the detent for maintaining the "feeding mechanism engaged or disengaged; iFig. -5'is afragmentary front elevation, on an enlarged: scale, of the wheel :feedin'g mechanism;

Fig. 6 is a'iragmentary sectionalview, on "an enlarged scaleftaken approximately on the line fi'6 ,otFig; ,5, through the feed mechanism clutchpand:

Fig. 7 is a cross sectionalview, on an enlarged scalepthroug'h the work spindle and associated parts.

A full automatic'grinding'machine has been illustrated in the drawings comprising a base I0 which supports 'a'transversely movableg'rinding wheel slide II .on a V-way l2 and aflat way l3'which are formed on the upper surface of tha base Ill. The wheel slide I l serves as a support for a rotatable wheel spindle M which is journalled in suitable bearings (not shown within the wheel slide. The wheel spindle M serves as a support fora grinding wheel 15' 'An electric motor i6 is mounted on the upper surface of the wheel slide H for driving the grinding wheel 15. The motor 18 is provided with an armature shaft I! having a multiple V-groove pulley l 8 which is connected by multiple V-belts I9 with a multiple V-groove pulley 20- mounted on the right hand end of the wheel for locking. the table 2.2 in adjusted positions This clamping mechanism may comprise a pair of spaced clamping bolts 25 and 26 (Fig. l) which pass through elongated slots 21 and 28 re spectively formed in the work table 22. The lower end of the clamping bolt 26 is provided with a strap 29 (Fig. 3) which engages inwardly projecting portions or the base l0. A similar strap (not'shown) is provided for the clamping bolt 25. It will be readily apparent from the foregoing disclosurethat the table 22 maybe adjusted longitudinally relative to the base In by releasing the clamping bolts 25 and 26, then adjusting the table 22" longitudinally into the desired; position after which the clamping bolts table 22 in- HI;

The machine as illustrated in the drawings is particularly adapted for grinding an end face on a portion of a work piece such as for example the end face of an eccentric formed integral with a cylindrical shaft. In order to obtain the desired grinding action, it is desirable to utilize a grinding wheel having an angular face of as large an included angle" as possible in order that the wheel may present a grinding edge which may grind into the work piece at an angle so that a fiat end face on the eccentric portion is obtained. The work piece is preferably rotatably supported on a work supporting mechanism to be hereinafter described which is 'angularly adjusted so that the axis of rotation of the work piece may be at an angle to a plane normal to the grinding wheel axis. As illustrated in the drawings a swivel plate 3| is pivotally supported on the work table 2 by means of a pivotstud 32. The axis of the pivot stud 32 being located in a plane coinciding with the plane of the side face of the grinding wheel IS. A plurality of clamping screws 33, 34, and pass through elongated arcuate slots 35, 31 and 38 respectively in the swivel plate 3| and are screw threaded into the outwardly extending portion 22a of the work table. 22. It will be readily apparent from the foregoing disclosure that the swivel plate 3| may be angularly adjusted by loosening the clamping screws 33, 34 and 35 and then swiveling the swivel plate 3| to the desired position after which the clamping screws 33. 34 and 35',

may be again tightened to clamp the plate 3| in the desired adjusted position.

A rotatable work support is provided on the swivel plate 3| comprising a frame 49 which is fixedly secured on the plate by bolts or screws. The frame 40 serves as a support for a rotatable work spindle 4| (Fig. 2). The spindle AI is journalled in anti-friction bearings '42, 43 and 44. An electric motor 45 is mounted on the swivel plate 3| for driving the spindle 4|. The motor '35 is provided with .an armature shaft 46 which carries a multiple V-grocve pulley 41 which is connected by multiple V-belts 48 with a multiple V'-groove pulley 49 mounted on a rotatable shaft 50. The shaft 5! is journalled in suitable bearings (not shown) in a frame 5| which is likewise secured to the upper face of the swivel plate 3|. The'shaft 59 carriesa multiple V- groove pulley 52 which is connected by multiple V-belts' 53 with a multiple V-groove-pulley 54 which is keyed on the left hand end of the work spindle M (Fig. 2). Acollar 55 is screw threaded onto the left hand end of the work spindle 4! to lock the pulley 54 in position thereon.

A frustoeconically shaped spindle nose 56 is fixedly mounted on the right hand end of the work spindle 4|. The nose 56 serves as a support for a work collet 51. An internal frustoconicalsurface 58 formed within the nose 56 serves to engage a correspondingly shaped frusto-conical surface on the work collet 51. A sleeve 553 is slidably supported within a central aperture formed within the work spindle 4|. The sleeve 59 .is provided with a central aperture or bore 60 through which work pieces pass successively as they are conveyed to the work collet 51. The right hand end of the sleeve 59' is provided with aninternal frusto-conically shaped surface 6| which mates with a correspondingly shaped conical surface formed on the left hand end of the work collet 5! (Figs. 2 and 7). The sleeve 59 is normally urged toward the right to clamp a work piece in the collet 51 by springs 62 and t3 serve normally to, urge the for grinding an 7 hand end of the eccentric 8| (Figs. 2 and 7).

sleeve 55.

sleeve 53 toward the right so that the frustoconical face 6| will in cooperation with the frustoconical face 58 compress the collet 5! to grip the Work piece and hold the same dur ng a grinding operation.

. A hydraulically operated mechanism is provided for releasing the collet 5?. This mechanism may comprise a cylinder H3 having a slidably mounted piston H. A piston rod 12 is connected to the piston H at one end. The other end of the piston rod 12 is connected by a stud 13 with one end of a rock arm M. The rock arm TM is pivotally supported on a stud 15. The upper portion of the rock arm is formed as a yoked end 16 having a'pair of spaced arms which engage a ball bearing thrust collar H which is fixedly'rnounted on the left hand end of the When it is desired to release the collet 5i, fluid under pressure may be admitted through a pipe it? into a cylinder. chamber F9 to move the piston H toward the right (Fig. 2) so as to rock the rock arm 74 in a counterclockwise direction. The counterclockwise movement of the rock arm l' i'serves to move the'thrust collar ll toward the left which" also moves the sleeve 53 toward the left against the compression of the springs 62 and 63 thereby withdrawing the conical surface GI and releasing the collet 5?.

The machine has been illustrated as set up for grinding a face on a cylindrical work piece 88 which has an eccentric 8| formed integrally therewith. The workpiece 85] also has a cylindrical end portion 82 formed integral therewith and adjacent to the right'ha'nd end of the eccentric 8|. The machine as illustrated is set up end face 53 formedon the right A work magazine 85 is provided to receive a plurality of work pieces 85a which move downwardly in a vertical direction successively into engagement with a loading cradle 86. The loading cradle 86 provided with an upper partially cylindrical surface which is arranged to support a workpiece b in axial alignmentwith the bc're ttwithin the sleeve 59.

Aworkloading and ejecting plunger 87 is pro Vided fortransferring work pieces successively from the work cradle into the bore 60 so as to automaticallyv eject the ground workpieces 89 and to move a new work piece to be ground into an operative position within the collet 51. The work loadingand ejecting plunger 81 is preferably hydraulically actuated by means of a cylinder 88 which contains a slidably mounted piston 89. The piston 89 is fixedly mounted on the end of the workloading and ejecting plunger 8?. When fluid under pressure is passed through a pipe 99 into acylinder chamber 9|, the piston 89 is moved toward the right (Fig. 2) to move the plunger 92 toward the right which movement serves to push the work piece 3% into the bore 63. This movement of the work piece 85b serves to advance the work pieces Eilc and 8801 which are already within the bore 68 toward the right so as'to 'ejectthe work piece 86 and to position the work piece BM in an operative position for the next grinding operation. During 'clamped..within.ths.collet. 5-1. I

1 .0. hav n a ushaped Jan-ring tll.

Iairdsh he movement. of; the'nistou' oward' har sht; fluid within a cylin er i am er. exh ust hrousha. pipe 9. A ottlegvalve he p p llflserves toitac esh ationo h pe o movement of the-piston. B9. and-th P und When the or n ece 8' "and u cessi wor pieces. a e eiect diromth o l e 5 h y r p onto a discharge chute 415 which is. preferably nc in d so t at e Work. h ecesmar'roll out ithe. maohihe. in oecei 'hs j kct r' a (not shown I fil .ia i itate-orecise o tio r. the W r pie 8.1Lwithlrf th c let.

51, a suitable stop. mechae nism: is... p odded. which automa ica l move toandj from oncrative pos tion. so t at hc wor piece may he. p ecis ly lo ted hei re eins is. mechanism mar. comp ise. a stoprm. notchml. The. stop arm mars pivotally suppor dlor a st d 1.0.2. a reel; Hi a stud lfl lon the rock, arm It} serves. to limit. the

movement of. the. stol i. arm. ID. a, clockwise directio l tive to, the. r ck. a m 13-. a com pression. spring. I05 which. is interposedbetWeen thestooarm; mo and a. lug- 10.5.. formed integral with the. rock arm; I03. serves to. maintain the stop arm I00 in engagement with the stud H14. I Ahvdraulioal v ope a ed mechani m is. r vided iormoving the. stop. arm 1.0.0 to. and from operative position. in timed rela ion. with. the other Ijunctions of, the machine. -This mechanism maydc omprise a cylinder I01. which, contains, a; slidabl mounted Piston. Inc. The piston Hi8 isv mounted on the lower end of'a piston rod 1.0.9 h upper. end o h p ston.v r we is. cQ JI SiQted by means. of, a. stud. lit; with any elongated slot I.I.. iormedin the right hand end... of. the rock arm. 13.. When fluid under pressure is admitted through. a. pine...I;I2 into a cylinder chamber 3., they piston. Illa together with. the parts. associated therewith will move in a. down.- ward direction to rock the. rock arm Hi3 and the stop J arm Hill in acloickwise direction. so thatt esto armlmoves intoposition its; he u-shaped; notch L01... is. formed so. that it will straddle the. c li r cal portion 8.2 on t e nd orthe workpiece. 8.0. Whcnth s on arm. 0 isinthe up ermost. or operative p s t on, awork piece 80 when moved by theworkloading. and jectin p un er 81 wi l ve towardtlie. ri nt h end race. .83 of the eccentric. e1 enases the. ide f c o he s o rm 1 While he. wor pi ce-i i ehsasement" with the stop rm. Him. he. wo k l ts.ac uatedso-asto clamp he. w rk. pie n o tion for the next grinding operation. I do nw r moveme t. otthe Pi ton we. lui with n. cylinder chamberl fi may e haus o gh a. p e a controlled by a alr mechan sm. to. be er nafter described T er rts. oi: he t n e n sm areia'rran ed so that engagementof the. piston- 1.9.8. with the bottom of. t ecylinder I01; servesjtojposition the stop 1.0a so'that the..ushane.dho h trad les the. or ih ri' al. en 32 f. hawork. Pie e so, As, illustrated in. thddrawin'gs the. piston rod I09 ispreferahlr madoin twopar s; the pp r part. being screw threaded into. the. lower part to -f..a.oilitate adjustment. thereof. so. as. to. setup the. mechanism and to position the stop. arm in a haml t a ove. described...

A; wheel positioning and feeding. mechanism i proy ed. for producing. a transverse position i s and feeding'movementoi the'wheeishd II. and grinding wheel I5 comprising a half nut 9. depen ing from-the. u d r de fth h slide. H-v 'lfhehal fn t I210. me hes w o e gages a rotatable cross feed. screw Il -I which is iou nalled at r h .hande id B s-i3). n an anti-diction hear ng. 1.2 llhe, fo w rd. end the ieedscr w 52 I. s. lidah y k yed' ith n a. rotata le sleeve. 1.24. which i jou na led in an. antirrict on hear ng: .Aroit tableshaft I25 is. s idalc y keyed. w thin the. le. hand nd or t sl eve. 125... A; eanllfi mounted on. the. le t. handehdof the. shaitgl'l'o. meshes. with a small sear 1. rotatahly mounted o a. tud I28 A. manually operable ieedwheel l,2.9.-is. also rotatahly iournaliled .1.1. the stud I28 and s oneratively connected to rotate. the ear .121... Th feed wheel I29 is provided with a micrometer. 3 d.- iustin mechanism. lizlla. which. connects the fe d Wheel. 12.9. to; rotate. ,.with thegear l2].

In ordertoifaoilitatea rapid positioning and recedin str ke of. thef rmding. wheel l5. and. e wheel slide It, a hydraulically operated mecha-. n smv provided-comprising a cylinder I31 which contains. a. slidaloly mounted. piston Isa. A double end 9151 0. 1 fQ-d- L3; is connected to the piston I32...v The. forward olt'leithand end of the piston rod I33- is connected. toialidahly moun d sl ev I310. which also supports the anti-friction bear ns when fluid'under r ssu e p d through a pipeor' passage I34 into a cylinder chamber M the piston-Ba will move, rap dly toward the. left. (Figs, 2* and 3).--t.o.- causea rapid positioningmovement orthe, wheel slide. I I and gr nd nawhe l I por n hi movement of. he r n ng wheel. cfiiils d Withi ascrl-ihder chamber I3Iimay exha s hroush a n ce; r pa sa 3 and through: a t edic n roli a e MB.- A throttle: valve I38. and ahal l. cheokgvalve m are provided in the pipe. orpassage. I3jl to facilitate control of; the movement ofthe piston I32; in a manner. to. beihereinafter described.

T f edcon ol val I 0 spr ierab y a piston type control valve comprising a valvestem IM- having a plurality or valve: pistons formed. integrally therewith. A; compression spring I42 is provided normally-to. maintain the piston rod I4 l in. r g t hand end Position to maintain the wheel slide II and the; rinding; wheel I2 in a rearward or inoperative position. A solenoid I43 is provided for shifting the control valvetoward the, left into the position illustrated in Fig. 2 when. it isdesired to, cause a. forward approach ins. moveme t oi. the. rinding wheel [5.

A fluid. nressuresystemjs provided for supplyins. flu d unde pressure-comprisin r servo r :45;. A mo or drivenfiuid p mp L s rv s to pump duidfrom. hereservoir I45 throu h a. pip I41 and t0, forcounder. pressure through. a p n 8 to. the var ous me han sm o t machin An adiust hlie r ie valve. I49. is provided n. the p pe ne MB to fac l tate. exhaust of excess fluid under pressure through a pipe I59 into the reservoir I45 so. as tov maintain a substantially on ta t. operatin pressur V In. o er. to... obtain. a. p ec se relatively s o rinding feed of the,whe.el I5, a, suitable mechanism. is. provided. for transmitting a rotary motion: to the. feed. screw m.. This mechanism may comprise a cylinder I55 which. contains. a lidably mountedpiston I56. A rack bar. IE7, is tormedon. the. upper surface of, the piston I56. Therack :bar 151 meshes with a, gear l58which is, keyed. 01.1 arotataloleshaft 15.9.. Theshaft I59 also supports; a gear IEO. which meshes with the gear; [2.6. It willbe readilyapparent fromthe foregoing disclosure that movement of the piston which is arranged to move into engagement with a rounded end of an adjustable stop screw I250: mounted on the right hand end of the shaft I25. The rapid positioning movement of the grinding wheel I and the wheel slide I l as caused by the piston I32 continues until the stop button I2Ia engages the end of the stop screw I251 after which the grinding wheel I5 may be fed at a slow rate either by manual rotation of the feed wheel 25 or by the piston and cylinder mechanism above described.

In the operation of the wheel positioning and feeding mechanism, the piston I32 moves forwardly at a rapid rate until the stop button l2 Ia engages the stop screw I25a before the grinding wheel I5 engages the surface of the work piece to be ground. On the forward rapid approaching movement of the piston I32, it is desirable to cushion the rapid approaching movementbefore the stop button [2 Ia engages the stop screw I25a. This is preferably accomplished by a port I31b which is formed at the end of the passage I 31 which is spaced from the left hand end of the cylinder I3I (Fig. 2). It will be readily apparent that when the piston I32 moves a sufiicient distance toward the left, the piston I32 will close the port [311) after which fluid may exhaust from the cylinder chamber I36 through a passage Isle, through a needle valve I 38 and through the passage I37, through the control valve I43 and out through an exhaust pipe I85 into the reservoir 145. A ball check valve I39 is connected between the passages I31a and I3! so that on the return stroke of the piston I32 to aninoperative or right hand end position (Figs. 2 and 3) substantially unrestricted flow of fluid under pressure from the passage I3! through the passage I3l'a bypasses the needle valve I38 so as to start a rapid movement of the piston I32 toward the right. This movement of the piston I32 continues until the port I311) is uncovered after. which fluid under pressure passes through the port I3'Ib to complete the stroke of the piston I32 to an inoperative position.

When the solenoid I43 is deenergized after a grinding operation has been completed, the feed control valve I40 shifts to a reverse position, that is, toward the right under the influence of the compression of the spring I42 to simultaneously admit fluid underpressure through the passage or pipe I84 into the cylinder chamber I83 to move the piston I56 toward the left (Fig. 2), and through the passage I31 into the cylinder chamber I36 to initiate a rearward movement of the piston I32 toward the right to, an inoperative position.

Due to the fact that less power is required to move the piston I56, it moves toward the left to rotate the feed screw I2! in the reverse direction so as to reset the feed wheel I29 into its initial position before starting the rapid rearwardmovemerit of the piston I32 toward an inoperative or rearward position.

A throttle valve I44 is provided in the pipeline 35 to facilitate regulation of the rate of fluid exhausting from the cylinder chamber I35 so as to control the rapid rearward movement of the piston 32 and the grinding wheel I5 and its supporting slide II. During the initial rearward 8 movement of the piston I32, fluid exhausting from the cylinder chamber I35 through the passage I34 opens the ball check valve I54 and passes into the dash pot cylinder I5I so as to refill the dash pot cylinder and to return the dash pot piston to its initial position that is its left hand end position so that it is ready for the next cushioning operation at the end of the rearward stroke of the piston I32.

When the grinding wheel. I5 is moved to an extreme rearward position, it is desirable to provide an automatic cushioning mechanism for retarding the rearward movement of the piston I32 as it approaches the end of its rearward stroke. An end portion on the right hand end of the piston rod I33 moves into engagement with the left hand end of a dash pot piston I52. A dash pot cylinder I5I is provided on the right hand end of the cylinder I3I which surrounds the dash pot piston I 52. Fluid exhausts from the dash pct cylinder through a passage I34a, through a needle valve I53, through a passage I342). which connects with a passage I34 so that fluid exhausting from the dash pot cylinder will pass through the control valve I40 and out through the exhaust pipe I85. The setting of the needle valve I53 will determine the rate of rearward movement of the piston I32 as it approaches the end of its stroke thereby reducing the rapid movement to a slow movement so as to prevent undue shocks and vibrations in the machine. A ball check valve I54 is connected be-. tween the passage I34 and the passage I34a so that when fluid under pressure is passed through the passage I 34 into the'cylinder chamber I35 to cause a rapid approaching movement of the piston I32, fluid may also pass through the ball check valve I54, through the passage I34a into the dash pot cylinder I5I to return the dash pot piston I52 to its forward position so that it is ready for the next cycle of operation. It will be readily apparent from the foregoing disclosure that the grinding wheel may be rapidly moved to and from an operative position by admitting fluid under pressure to either the cylinder chamber I 35 or the cylinder chamber I35 which serves to move the grinding wheel I5 and the grinding wheel slide II rapidly up to the position where it is about to engage the periphery of the work piece to be ground' The control valve I43 admits fluid under pressure simultaneously to the cylinder I3I and the cylinder I55 so that a rapid movement of the piston I32 and a movement of the piston I56 is simultaneously initiated. As above explained, the rapid approaching movement of the piston I32 continues until the stop button I2 Ia engages the stop screw I25a after which continued movement of the piston I56 serves to rotate the feed screw I2I at a slow rate of speed to product a fine grinding feed as determined by the setting of the needle valve vI8I. The slow infeed of the grinding wheel continues until a stop abutment I 73 on the feed wheel I28 moves into engagement with a stop pawl I'I5 which. is pivotally supported by a stud I18 on the front of the machine base. 7 It will be readily apparent from the foregoing disclosure that when the feed control valve I40 is shifted to cause a rearward rapid movement of the grinding wheel I5 andthe wheel slide II as caused by the piston I32, fluid under pressure will be simultaneously admitted to the cylinder I55 to rotate the feed screw I2I in the reverse direction thereby resetting the slow feeding mechanism for the next grinding operation.

2,619,448 V a To facilitatesetting up. he feeding mechanism Of th'fih achineIwhhl'a J evil I eei thereon or to set up fora d 'ifl'ti'di workpiece, it is desirable to f) disconnecting the reed 1 actuated mechanism.- This plishd by meansbf a'cifit the fluid motor, maybe use feed wheel I29 and the f mechanism may eo pjfse "a manna y lever I65 which is ,iiota'tably supper v of the feed wheel I29; Th'lv posite sides of the' ar'r v of the arm I65. Theb'ellcif previded with 'eer d'v rea carr es d m l arra ged S d new 'T d 1iIl3fii ill i-" ge a er ve' ..l erm ;m. whichis fixedly In ufted ori t e fo the shaft 1 59. A clutch merit t inne w rth erilfiei mp j la n e. ranged to mesh withfan same Ditch diameter 7 relative to the gear I5 inFig. 6, the clutch H n y engaged so'thatany' movement will'he transmitted through the ackn gear ififl', theiclutchpart'sl'fi w 64, th the gear IGIljto rotate" transmit a rotary ffl dl screw I2 t amalse ,t the' fee is" desired to decmt feed screw I2 I andt lever" I65 is. rocked-i 5)ftorocl{ the bellc clockwise direction {Fig '6') s shaft Its-toward the; eh p engage the clutch me b k member I64: In this'po ti 1' the feed wheel I29 be manually rotated to rotate the feed screw Ji l and rapidly to position the grinding wheel'I5 as'desire'd'. I

A suitable cycle timing and controlling mechanism is provided for synchronously contr'c'a'lling the usv ehan emeze e e'.desq ri AS illustrated in the drawings the armature shaft 46 is'provided with a V-groo pulley L90 hich is'connected by means-of a; 'b a \jl-groovepulley I92 on a g a The"gearflreduoerunit"l es rnay heiof an th (5 e illb readr y standard well known gear reduction 'unitsto d'jg ms j T11 *g' f mp a a iv w rotary motion to a by the starting motor I6 and the work spindle is master camshaft I94. The maste Camshaft I94 started by starting the electric motor 45 which pp a plurality 0f Cams I 9 I91 and runs continuously during the entire grinding op- I98 which are arranged to actuate a collet release eration. The work pieces 30 being fed through control Valve 99, a loading plunger confirm the spindle automatically in a manner above devalve 280, a work stop control valve 20f, and a scribed while the work supporting spindle M is limit switch 202 respectively. A plurality of continuously rotated. Work pieces 83a are springs 203, 204, and 205 are provided for mainloaded into the magazine or hopper 85 and move taining the valves in operative engagement with successively onto the work loading tray 86 in axial nects the a 2112 en e st iv haust pipe I85 it will b" when-Hie v lv 1 Y ies L 'ihe an llm inn e th eecz e iw the cams I96, I91 and I98. The collet release alignment with the bore 60 in the sleeve 59. The

control valve I99 comprises a valve stem 2H! continuous rotation of the camshaft I94 and the hav eap r o p d valve pistons H and H2 cams I95, I96, I91 and I98 actuates the valves duce an automatic cycle of operation so that work pieces are positioned precisely within the work collet-51 which is then clamped to support the work piece during a grinding operation-after which the collet is released and the loading plunger 8! moved toward the right to insert a work piece 80b within the bore 60 of the sleeve 59 and at the same time toautomatically eject the ground work piece 80 and to move the work piece 80d into an operative position for the next grinding operation. The stop arm I is operated automatically, it being raised into an operative position after one work piece has been ejected to locate the next work piece precisely relative to the collet 57. The wheel feeding movement of the grinding wheel I is automatically timedancl controlled by actuation of the limit switch 292 and the solenoid I43 so that work pieces are successively loaded, ground, and thereafter ajected from the machine.

It will thus be seen that there has been provided by this invention apparatus in which the various objectsfhereinbefore set forth together with many thoroughly practical advantages are successfully achieved. As many possible embodiments may be made of the above invention and as many changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter hereinbefore set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

1. In a grinding machine having a base, a.

transversely movable wheel slide thereon, a rotatable grinding wheel on said slide, a swivel plate adjustably mounted on said base, a rotatable work support on said plate including a hollow spindle thereon, means including a motor continuously torotate said spindle, a work collet in the forward end of said spindle, a hollow sleeve slidably keyed within said spindle, means including a piston and cylinder to actuate said sleeve to clamp and release said collet, a camactuated control valve therefor, ,a central bore within said sleeve to facilitate conveying work pieces to said collet, means including a piston and cylinder to feed said grinding wheel toward and from said collet to grind a work piece to a predetermined size, a solenoid-actuated control valve, a cam-actuated limit switch therefor, a work loading magazine for supporting a plurality of work pieces to be ground, a work loading tray to receive successive work pieces from said magazine and to position them in axial alignment with the bore in said sleeve, means including a reciprocable plunger to feed successive work pieces from said tray through the hollow spindle into the collet, means including a piston and cylinder to actuate said plunger so as to feed a Work piece to be ground into said collet and to eject a ground work piece therefrom, a camactuated, control value therefor, means including a movable work locating stopto locate suecessive' work pieces in a' predetermined position within said collet for a grinding ,operation, a

. piston and cylinder means to move said stop to and from an operative position, a cam-actuated control value therefor andacycle control synchronously to actuate said valves and said limit switch so as to control actuation of saidwork feed plunger, actuation of, said, work locating stop, actuation of said collet,, and actuation of said wheel feed so as to produce an automatic cycle of operation. a a

2. In a grinding machine having a base, a transversely movable wheel slide thereon,l a rotatable grinding wheel on said-slide, a swivel plate adjustablymounted on said base, a rotatable work support on said plate including a hollow spindle thereon, means including a motor continuously to rotate said spindle, a Work collet in the forward end'of said spindle, a hollow sleeve slidably keyed within said spindle for actuating said collet, compression springs normallyto actuate said sleeve to close said collet, means including a piston and cylinder to actuate said sleeve to clamp and release said collet, a central bore within said sleeve to facilitate conveying work pieces to said collet, means including a piston and cylinder to feed said grinding wheel. toward and from said collet to grind a work piece to a predetermined size, a work loading magazine for supporting aplurality of work pieces to be ground, a work loading tray to receive successive work pieces from said magazine, and to position them in axial alignment with the bore in said sleeve, means including a reciprocable plunger to feed successive work pieces from said tray through the hollow spindle into the collet during continuous rotation of the spindle, means including a'piston and cylinder to actuate said plunger so as to feed workpiece to be ground into said collet and to eject a ground work piece therefrom, means including .a pivotally mounted worklocating stop to locate successive work pieces in a predetermined position within said collet for a grinding operation, means including a piston and cylinder to swing s'aid'stop to and from an operative position to facilitate ejection of the workpieces from said collet, and a cycle control mechanism automatically to control the admission to and exhaust of fluid fromsaid cylinders so as to produce an automatic cycle of operation.

STEWART S. MADER.

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Hackman July 5, 1949 

